MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F030.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.75,-94.14 Latitude: 31.75 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 83 SFC 997 109 27.0 23.0 79 3.9 24.1 208 8 300.4 303.7 297.4 353.4 18.05 2 950 535 22.9 20.4 86 2.5 21.1 207 16 300.4 303.3 296.1 347.5 16.07 3 900 1005 19.8 17.5 87 2.3 18.2 208 19 301.9 304.5 295.1 343.4 14.08 4 850 1496 16.6 14.3 86 2.4 15.1 213 20 303.6 305.8 294.2 339.6 12.11 5 800 2011 13.6 10.5 81 3.1 11.7 215 21 305.7 307.6 293.3 335.8 10.03 6 750 2552 10.1 7.3 83 2.8 8.4 216 20 307.5 309.1 292.7 333.5 8.56 7 700 3122 6.4 4.8 89 1.6 5.5 218 20 309.6 311.1 292.6 333.3 7.72 8 650 3729 4.3 1.0 80 3.2 2.5 222 23 313.8 315.0 292.7 333.7 6.36 9 600 4378 0.8 -6.5 58 7.2 -2.6 228 30 317.0 317.8 291.6 329.7 3.93 10 550 5069 -4.5 -10.0 66 5.5 -6.8 232 34 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.3 3.25 11 500 5813 -8.7 -12.6 73 3.9 -10.2 234 36 322.5 323.0 292.3 332.1 2.90 12 450 6622 -13.6 -17.6 72 3.9 -15.0 237 38 326.1 326.5 292.6 333.4 2.14 13 400 7509 -18.9 -29.9 37 11.1 -21.3 243 49 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.4 0.80 14 350 8488 -26.2 -39.9 27 13.7 -28.1 247 57 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.7 0.34 15 300 9581 -35.5 -45.2 37 9.6 -36.4 249 59 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.2 0.23 16 250 10823 -44.1 -60.9 14 16.8 -44.7 254 65 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.04 17 200 12297 -51.8 -73.2 6 21.4 -52.2 263 67 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14107 -63.5 -80.8 8 17.3 -63.7 261 50 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16519 -73.5 -86.4 12 12.9 -73.5 252 28 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.03 m Freezing level: 592.59 mb = 4480.26 m = 14698.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.67 mb = 4038.27 m = 13248.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.76 mb = 610.35 m = 2002.42 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 20.09 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1079.56 m = 3541.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.56 C Showalter Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1565.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.59 mb = 912.53 m = 2993.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.59 mb = 1250.66 m = 4103.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.59 mb = 11831.81 m = 38817.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1560.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -2.8 tot: 48.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 72.27 Bulk Shear: 21.67 m/s